After a hiatus, the book club is back! So it's time to review my most recent pick, namely Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates.
Daphne Bell has been given a gift -- or a curse, depending how you look at it. The universe sends her pieces of paper saying the amount of time she'll spend with each man she dates. Daphne doesn't know how or why these relationships end, only that they will.
But Daphne isn't just a thirtysomething looking for love. Because this is Serle, who delivered a doozy of a gotcha in One Italian Summer. In Expiration Dates, she does it again, and I didn't even see it coming. But once I processed the say what? of it all, I appreciated how it deepened the story.
I don't think I can say more without being a spoiler. I will say that Serle's writing is beautiful, lending magic to an already enchanted premise.
Expiration Dates reminds us that time is as infinite as it is finite -- but ultimately what we make of it.
5 comments:
Oh, this one does look intriguing. It is always interesting how relationships evolve to extend or sometimes, not. Often it is interesting to see what nudged them that way. And then other things expire, as well. We are within a world or a world. I will definitely, look into this one. Thanks for your wonderful review. All the best to your reading list. š«š«šš«❤️ Meanwhile, I checked out the DVD It Ends With Us, but even then, I am not certain I can watch it. With all the messiness surrounding it, I just don't think I could enjoy the movie.
So good to see this author's name. And thanks so much for this wonderful review. Naturally, I thought of J-drama when I saw the title. One of my favorite parts of the story what the ML knew he wasn't as cute as he used to be and how he'd never had trouble not having a girlfriend. Of course, they were never lasting relationships, either. And he'd never really been in love, either.
The universe sending pieces of paper to indicate little facts about her dating life?? Now that's a fascinating concept, not to mention mysterious! I'm so glad your book club is back! šš☕️
Sounds like an entertaining cute book! Glad your bookclub is back . Is it stilll you, your mom, and your sister?
Yes, it's still the three of us! We don't read as rapidly as we used to because, life. But it's always good to get each other's point of view about the books. ššš
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